A MTeX 2015 test rocket launches from UAF's Poker Flat Research Range, about 35 miles northeast of Fairbanks. The MTeX team is studying how atmospheric turbulence stirs up the chemicals in Earth's atmosphere. The sounding rockets with the science payloads are on the pad waiting for perfect launch conditions.

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